Paul Sheriff:
Workout: A Documentary … examines the formation of the Blue Mound Gymnastics Club in the early 1960’s in Blue Mound, Illinois.
The back bone of the film is the exceptional gymnastic career of the filmmaker’s sister, Hali Sheriff and the dynamic driving force of his mother/ gymnastics coach, Ginny Sheriff.
… While returning from a gymnastics exhibition in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1966, both Hali and her mother were killed in a tragic plane crash along with Hali’s father, the Reverend Harold Sheriff, who was piloting the plane. Paul was ten years old.
Juxtaposed with this will be the filmmaker’s current life 42 years later. Through video diary, archive footage, and location interviews, the film will explore the effects and influence of this traumatic event on the filmmaker and immediate surviving members of the family, teammates and friends. Within this framework, the film also thematically treats and critically examines loss, and the changing roles and relationships within the family unit. The documentary also addresses athletic competition as a philosophy of life, with its effects on the individual athlete. …
Click PLAY or watch the trailer on YouTube.
To find out more, go to the YouTube page comments. Or to the official website. Paul is still trying to raise funds to complete the planned documentary.
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